Politics and Government

FANCY FARM — Pedicures were a topic for the candidates for attorney general, and a candidate for agriculture commissioner contended that his experience in shoveling manure on the family farm prepared him for state politics.

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FANCY FARM — The annual political picnic here has long been a partisan battle of wits and one-liners, where the politicians trade barbs and laughs and the crowd eggs them on. But apparently nobody told Matt Bevin.

HARDIN — In a heated prelude to the barbed political comments at Saturday afternoon's Fancy Farm political picnic, Republican gubernatorial nominee Matt Bevin accused Democrats of creating a "sexual harassment mess" in the state legislature.

It took Ted Cruz three months to raise $10 million for his campaign for president, a springtime sprint of $1,000-per-plate dinners, hundreds of handshakes and a stream of emails asking supporters to chip in a few bucks.

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul contends he's the best Republican presidential candidate to beat potential Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, citing a national poll released Friday by McClatchy that showed him trailing Clinton by five points, the smallest amount of any GOP contender.

Despite a summer of social change and subsequent conservative backlash, Attorney General Jack Conway holds a slim advantage over Republican Matt Bevin in this year's race for Kentucky governor, according to a new Bluegrass Poll.

HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAUFRANKFORT -- Veteran state official Holly McCoy-Johnson is the state's new malt beverage administrator in the Department for Alcoholic Beverage Control.Public Protection...